After testing lots of different calorie counter apps without finding one I was completely happy with, I finally decided to take matters into my own hand and learn how to code for Android myself. This resulting app is exactly what I personally want and fits my every need, but I can understand that might not be the case everyone. The main barriers are probably

1.) my decision to not use a large external food database, because I prefer to gather data either directly from the product labels or, if that's not possible, from other sources like my nutrition book or websites that I can choose and double-check if some numbers seem questionable, and

2.) the interface, which is optimized for using a minimum amount of clicks in the long-term and sacrifices a lot of potential intuitivity for that.

I hope that despite all that, this app will find its niche in the Play Store universe and make some lives a little easier.

This app is open source at https://github.com/Makstuff/MinimalistCalorieCounter, if you encounter any bugs or crashes, please report them either there or at [email protected]. Help with translations is also appreciated, check the README on Github for more details.

I am aware that some countries, most prominently the USA and Canada, don't have food labeling with "per 100g"-values, which makes the app (in its current state) pretty useless there. I tried my best to identify all these countries and exclude them from the Play Store availability, but I probably missed at least a few. If your country is one of them, I'd appreciate a short heads-up.